Countdown with date

[Sabine Linke]

Hey, I want to make a countdown that stops on a date I set in AI2 and the user can't change.

 

As a non-english person the tutorials are hard to understand. Can someone tell me or show me how to do that?

 

That would be very nice :)

[Taifun]

As a non-english person the tutorials are hard to understand.

that's a good way to additionally learn some English, isn't it... ;-)

you could take a look at my countdown example here https://puravidaapps.com/countdown.php and adjust it to your needs, e.g. add additionally the hours and days left

A very good way to learn App Inventor is to read the free Inventor's Manual here in the AI2 free online eBook   http://www.appinventor.org/book2 ... the links are at the bottom of the Web page.  The book 'teaches' users how to program with AI2 blocks.

There is a free programming course here http://www.appinventor.org/content/CourseInABox/Intro  and the aia files for the projects in the book are here:  http://www.appinventor.org/bookFiles  

How to do a lot of basic things with App Inventor are described here:  http://www.appinventor.org/content/howDoYou/eventHandling  .

Also do the tutorials http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/ai2/tutorials.html to learn the basics of App Inventor, then try something and follow the

 Top 5 Tips: How to learn  App Inventor

You will not find a tutorial, which does exactly what you are looking for. But doing the tutorials (not only reading a little bit) help you to understand, how things are working. This is important and this is the first step to do.

Taifun

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Trying to push the limits of App Inventor! Snippets and Tutorials from Pura Vida Apps by  Taifun.         

[Rage NLN]

Here is a countdown timer I made. I use it for when my son is in timeout. The time is changeable in my app but it should give you a good starting point.